Bro Bro: O’Neill’s Bro Bro Endures Rough Trip; Ready to Bounce Back Next Out with Clear Sailing

Three year old gelding for Doug O’Neill made start #2 on Friday in a 1st condition allowance race for Cal breds at 5/8 on the turf for sophomores. Off as the 4/5 choice in a field of 7 off an impressive maiden debut victory, he broke OK and was 4th down the back side just three off the leaders. Gutierrez took him to the fence at the 3/8 pole and stayed there the rest of the race, hoping for a seam somewhere in the stretch. The hole did come at the 1/8 pole and just as he was going through that hole, he was slammed sideways by the 4 horse coming over from right handed whipping. He lost his momentum momentarily, recovered fairly quickly, but the damage had been done. He was third at the wire beaten two. I’m not sure it cost him the win because the outside lanes on the turf were much better anyways and the winner had clear sailing, but he would have been right there at the wire. Bro Bro is good enough to beat this kind and six furlongs works better for him than five.

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Bro Bro’s Race Information
Race Date:  March 21, 2025	Track:  Santa Anita		Race #:  6
Distance:  5 Furlongs	Conditions: allowance optional claiming		Surface: Turf
Trainer:  Doug O’Neill	Jockey:  Mario Gutierrez		Track Condition:  FIRM
Trouble Notes:  stalked between, inside, willingly			Track Variant:  +9
Finish Position: 3rd	Win Payout:  $ –	Place: Payout:  $ –	Show Payout:  $ 2.10

Race Replay

Bro Bro – Santa Anita –  March 21, 2025

Bro Bro Performance Figures Earned
Race Condition Pars	Bro Bro Figures Earned
Race Class Level:  140	Running Style In Race:  Mid Pack Runner
Final Time Rating Par: 150	Final Time Rating: 120
CPR Race Par:  118	CPR Earned In Race: 112
Fast Fig Race Par:  122	Fast Fig In Race:
Key Race Winners: 1	Running Style In Race:   Mid Pack Runner
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Generally horses that are on the Horses To Watch list ran into unexpected trouble, bad luck, and/or didn’t run the race we believe Bro Bro was cabable of.  We expected that if Bro Bro gets a good trip in their next start than we should see an improvement in Bro Bro performance figures.  Use the performance figures earned in Bro Bro last race (listed above) and compare them to the field and pars of Bro Bro next start.  If Bro Bro appears to have earned higher performance figures in the last race when running into trouble  as compared to the rest of the field’s expected perfomance in the upcoming race than there is a good chance that Bro Bro will dominate the race.

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